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Gemima May ROLLINS

Gemima May ROLLINS

Female 1878 - 1957  (78 years)


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  • Name Gemima May ROLLINS
    Birth 18 May 1878  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Death record incorrectly states birth date as May 18 1879. Birth record and obituary show it as May 18 1878, and date on headstone is also 1878. She was age 2 in the 1880 Census.
    Gender Female
    Census 1880  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence St. Albans, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1940  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1950  Hatteras, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1952  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Death 29 Mar 1957  Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 8] 
    Burial Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 9] 
    • Name on double headstone with husband G. Monroe Carder: May Carder.
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jan 26 1920:
      Elmer Smith, 53, pumper at B & O Railroad; wife May G. Smith, 42; dau Nellie Carder, 21, single; son Harry Carder, 18; son Fred Carder, 11; dau Leona Carder, 3 yr 3 mo.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Apr 5 1930 on Route 50:
      Elmer Smith, 63, railroad laborer; wife May Smith, 51; stepdau Nellie Carder, 30, single; stepgranddau Leona Carder, 13.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Apr 15 1940 at Doe Run:
      Elmer W. Smith, 73, tunnel gang at B & O Railroad; wife May Smith, 61.
      (NOTE: A nearby household was that of May's daughter Nellie and her husband Hupp Squires.)
    Person ID I23618  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2017

    Father Hiram ROLLINS,   b. 14 Dec 1842, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1913, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Mother Mary Elizabeth GAIN,   b. 31 May 1846   d. 19 May 1882 (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F8826  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 George Monroe CARDER,   b. 3 Jul 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1910, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)  [10]
    Marriage 4 Mar 1896  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
    +1. Nellie CARDER,   b. 19 Dec 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Harry Hiram CARDER,   b. 7 Jan 1902, Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1989 (Age 86 years)
     3. Fred Monroe CARDER,   b. 13 May 1908, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1929, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
    Family ID F39283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elmer William SMITH,   b. 30 Jun 1867, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1941, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Marriage 22 Jan 1916  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Family ID F41272  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Harmon AUSTIN   d. 1955  [12, 13]
    Family ID F8829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Photo Credit: Patricia Harris, Findagrave.com    		78917_CARDER_GeorgeMonroe_JemimaMayRollins_DuckworthSummitCem_Greenwood_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg

    Documents
    23618_AUSTIN_MayRollinsCarderSmith_1878-1957_Obit.jpg    		23618_AUSTIN_MayRollinsCarderSmith_1878-1957_Obit.jpg
    23618_AUSTIN_MayGemimaRollinsCarderSmith_1878-1957_DeathCertificate.jpg    		23618_AUSTIN_MayGemimaRollinsCarderSmith_1878-1957_DeathCertificate.jpg
    78917_MonroeCarder_GemimaMRollins_MarriageRecord_4Mar1896.jpg    		78917_MonroeCarder_GemimaMRollins_MarriageRecord_4Mar1896.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S14] Obituary.

    4. [S1612] Obituary of half-sister.

    5. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    6. [S1577] Obituary of sister.

    7. [S1707] Obituary - Hospital.

    8. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    9. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    10. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    11. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    12. [S1372] Obituary of wife's brother.

    13. [S1588] Death record of wife.